The Elite by Kiera Cass Book Review

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

By Tera Kinsman

Last Tuesday, I reviewed the first book in The Selection series, The Selection, by Kiera Cass. (You can read my review on the blog here.) Now I'm reviewing the sequel, The Elite. Summer might be almost over (*sob*), but the series isn't!

Now with the group narrowed
down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer
than ever---and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly
lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first
love, Aspen?

America is desperate for more
time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want---and America's
chance to choose is about to slip away.

35 girls. 1 crown. The
competition of a lifetime. "

My Summary and Thoughts:

This book, I think, might be a bit better than The Selection.
The first novel had a feeling of hope and possibility. America is
living like a princess in a gorgeous palace, able to help support her family,
from the compensation they are given for her participation, and she has the
choice of two wonderful guys.

The Elite has more tension and darkness,
which of course meant I tore through it in a day. Life at the palace is no
longer fun and games. Rebels attack the palace more and more often, for reasons
they don't know, she must take on more responsibility as an Elite, and she
begins to see the dark side of being one of the Selected, being a royal, even
some darkness in Maxon himself. Maxon, Aspen, and the king of Illéa himself are
losing patience with her. America is running out of time to decide
between Maxon and Aspen, to decide if she wants to be a princess or an
officer's wife, to decide if she wants either option at all.

I can't wait to read books #3 and #4, The One and The
Heir, and of course the highly anticipated fifth book. We don't have a
title yet, but a review will (eventually) come when it releases in 2016!

¡Los comentarios! (That's Spanish for "Comments!" There ya go.) So, the all-important question for Selection fans or soon-to-be fans everywhere: Are you Team Maxon or Team Aspen? (I know, it's like Twilight all over again, but the "team" thing happened, and we just have to roll with it.)

10 comments

This sounds like a series that will keep you coming back for more ad then waiting until the next one is finally published. I haven't read the first in this series but it does sound like it should be read in order.

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